Out & About: St. Paul Central/Edina

#14 posting 3.15.2007
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MN TOURNAMENT
AAAA SEMIFINALS
ST. PAUL CENTRAL minutemen 79, EDINA hornets 41

SPC's speed, depth, strength and power kept the tournament buzzing with a shut down performance in the first half. SPC held Edina to 17 straight scoreless possessions It was an eight minute drought in which SPC rattled off a 27-0 run. In the drought Edina had 9 turnovers. Angel Robinson added another chapter to her storybook season with 17 points. Edina put forth full effort, but it was no match for the SPC juggernaut.

The bench emptying came early with the starters gone by 6 minutes left. SPC had a 48 point lead at the juncture. Edina outscored SPC 14-4 the last six minutes.

ST. PAUL CENTRAL
STARTERS
Kiara Buford 8, 11, 72.7, .455 transition is favorite part of the game
Megan Howard 2, 2, 100.0, .500 RF: fouls kept her quiet
Angel Robinson 28, 22, 127.3, .591 point guard. Had the highlight of the tournament that they will show year after year on tv with the behind the back pass to Buford on a transition lay up.
Theairra Taylor 8, 7, 114.3, .571 starting to hit her stride.
Georgie Jones 6, 5, 120.0, .600 has improved her hands.
BENCH
Ebony Black 13, 12, 108.3, .583
Abby Gust 9, 7, 128.6, .429 ripped it up long distance.
DeAubrey Johnson 1, 2, 50.0, .500
Shayla Johnson 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Samantha Robinson-Ricks 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Kyana Johnson 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Megan Tate 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Jasmine Conley 0, 0, 0.0, .000

EDINA
STARTERS
Taylor Young 6, 14, 42.9, .214
Lauren Young 13, 18, 72.2, .333
Natalie Pastor 4, 12, 33.3, .167
Megan Gaard 1, 6, 16.7, .167
Hana Potter 3, 8, 37.5, .250
BENCH
Emily Warner 3, 5, 60.0, .400
EC Biewen 0, 6, 0.0, .000
Grace Veker 3, 2, 150.0, 1.000
Si Si Wu 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Paige Mooty 8, 4, 200.0, .750

TRENCH PLAYER
Angel Robinson

BY THE NUMBERS
St. Paul Central 79, 75, 105.3, .520
Edina 41, 76, 53.9, .276
Made 3s: SPC 7, Edina 2
Made fts: SPC 8, Edina 15
Bench: SPC 27, Edina 14
How dominating was SPC in the first half? They were clocking in at 110 pp100 and .538 floor % and Edina scraped by with 30,8 and .179. It was night and day.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
ST. PAUL CENTRAL
Georgie Jones 7
Megan Howard 7
Angel Robinson 6.5
Ebony Black 5
Theairra Taylor 3.5
Kiara Buford 3
Samantha Robinson-Ricks 2
DeAubrey Johnson 1
Jasmine Conley 1
totals 37

EDINA
Hana Potter 6
Lauren Young 5.5
Megan Gard 5.5
Natalie Pastor 5
Emily Warner 5
EC Biewen 3
Grace Veker 1
Si Si Wu 1
Paige Mooty 1
totals: 33

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